On 13 June 2004, regional elections were held in Belgium, to choose representatives in the regional councils of the Flemish Parliament, the Walloon Parliament, the Brussels Parliament and the German-speaking Community of Belgium. The elections were held on the same day as the European elections.

Quick Facts All 124 seats in the Flemish Parliament 62 seats needed for a majority ...

2004 Flemish parliamentary election

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All 124 seats in the Flemish Parliament 62 seats needed for a majority
Flemish Government before election Somers Government [de; fr; nl] Open Vld-sp.a-Groen-Spirit Flemish Government after election Leterme Government [de; fr; nl] CD&V/N-VA-sp.a-Open Vld coalition

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Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Flanders	Brussels	Total	+/-
	Christian Democratic and Flemish-New Flemish Alliance	1,060,580	26.09	34	1	35	+5
	Flemish Block	981,587	24.15	29	3	32	+10
	Flemish Liberals and Democrats-Vivant	804,578	19.79	24	1	25	-2
	Socialist Party Differently-Spirit	799,325	19.66	24	1	25	+6
	Groen!	308,898	7.60	6	–	6	-6
	Union of Francophones	43,391	1.07	1	–	1	–
	Workers' Party of Belgium+	22,874	0.56	–	–	–	–
	Belgische Unie – Union Belge	9,535	0.23	–	–	–	–
	National Front	7,388	0.18	–	–	–	–
	Solide	6,033	0.15	–	–	–	–
	Respect	5,227	0.13	–	–	–	–
	MDP	4,187	0.10	–	–	–	–
	PvdD	2,640	0.06	–	–	–	–
	Left Socialist Party	2,509	0.06	–	–	–	–
	STA OP	1,821	0.04	–	–	–	–
	B.U.B.	1,723	0.04	–	–	–	–
	Vrijheid, Intimiteit, Thuis, Arbeid en Liefde	1,332	0.03	–	–	–	–
	MRV	761	0.02	–	–	–	–
	VDB	357	0.01	–	–	–	–
Total		4,064,746	100.00	118	6	124	13
Valid votes		4,064,746	94.87
Invalid/blank votes		219,910	5.13
Total votes		4,284,656	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		4,568,250	93.79
Source: Belgian Elections

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In the Flemish Parliament election, the liberal-socialist government was put to the test. The far right Vlaams Blok became the second largest party in Flanders just after the alliance of conservatives Christian Democratic and Flemish-New Flemish Alliance (CD&V - N-VA). The green party Groen! managed to be elected and keeps half of their seats in the parliament. In contrast with the previous election, the People's Union (VU-ID) has split and the new parties, N-VA and Spirit, allied with CD&V and Different Socialist Party (SP.A) respectively.

Because of the cordon sanitaire of all the other parties against Vlaams Blok, a coalition of at least three parties needed to be formed in order to have a majority in the Flemish Parliament. Groen! confirmed that it did not want to take part in the new coalition, so the only coalition left was a conservative-socialist-liberal tripartite.

In the aftermath of the elections, Yves Leterme (CD&V) was selected to form a Flemish regional government.

Quick Facts All 75 seats in the Walloon Parliament 38 seats needed for a majority ...

2004 Walloon parliamentary election

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All 75 seats in the Walloon Parliament 38 seats needed for a majority
Walloon Government before election Van Cauwenberghe I Government [fr] PS-Ecolo-MR coalition Walloon Government after election Van Cauwenberghe II Government [fr] PS-cdH coalition

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In the aftermath of the elections, Elio Di Rupo (PS) was selected to form a Walloon regional government.

Quick Facts All 89 seats in the Brussels Parliament 45 seats needed for a majority ...

2004 Brussels parliamentary election

← 1999 13 June 2004 (2004-06-13) 2009 →
All 89 seats in the Brussels Parliament 45 seats needed for a majority
Brussels Government before election Simonet II Government [nl; fr] MR-Open Vld-PS-sp.a-CD&V coalition Brussels Government after election Picqué III Government [nl; fr] PS-sp.a/Spirit-cdH-CD&V-Open Vld-Ecolo coalition

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In the aftermath of the elections, Charles Picqué (PS) was selected to form a Brussels regional government.

• Pooling results on the Official Federal web site